Subject: Want to Play Guitar and Sing?
Want to Play Guitar and Sing?
March 25th, 2017 at 9:55 am EDTHey Friend, Every so often, someone asks me about learning to sing and play at the same time. It's a skill that comes easier for some than others, so when I saw an article on Guitar World's website, I thought I'd share... I never really thought much ...
G Major as the III Chord
March 24th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Alright, moving right along. Next up is the G major chord. In the key of G major, G was the I chord, and now in the key of E minor, it is the III chord. Still a major chord, and still built by using the G major scale to determine the 1 3 ...
F#° As The II° Chord
March 23rd, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, When we last saw F#°, he was but a lowly VII° chord in the key of G major. In E minor, he has advanced to be the II° , second only to E minor herself! Not that this has any bearing on the sound or how you would necessarily use a dimini ...
E Minor As the Im Chord
March 22nd, 2017 at 8:25 am EDTHey Friend, I just happened to see last night that Chuck Berry passed away on Saturday. If you have any love for The Beatles or The Rolling Stones, you can thank Chuck Berry for being a huge influence on the British Invasion. You would know Chuck Ber ...
The Key of E Minor
March 21st, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, What do you think... ready to take a look at the next minor key? A minor was pretty easy to work with because we didn't have to mess around with sharps or flats. The resulting chords also had no sharps or flats to deal with. We won't be s ...
Why Music Sounds The Same
March 20th, 2017 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Last night I tried to get caught up on my email inbox (always a challenge!) and took some time to listen in on one of my favorite Youtubers, Jim Lill. While Jim has his career in Country music, a lot of what he teaches can benefit us in t ...
Sunday Punk
March 19th, 2017 at 10:38 am EDTHey Friend, I gotta admit, I'm kinda spent today. Yesterday was a full day of fun trying to get the bathroom finished up (almost there...). Then we had to race off to the airport to pick up my daughter. She made her first successful trip without mom ...
Try Some Substitutions
March 18th, 2017 at 10:20 am EDTHey Friend, The wife is cracking the whip already! Just finished getting a ceiling fan working in the new bathroom. To her credit, she and my daughter got the thing put in the ceiling and wired, but the fan kept scraping on something and freezing up. ...
Happy St. Patrick's Day
March 17th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, Happy St. Patrick's Day! As much as I love a good (?) green beer (uh, JK, make mine a Guinness!), there won't be much celebrating going on here. I am wearing green though - don't want to get pinched, you know. I'm mixing it up a bit today ...
Another A Minor Progression
March 16th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, I'll tell you, navigating through the minefield that is our federal tax code is pretty frustrating. Trying to figure out what kind of education tax credits we qualify for is almost as bad as trying to get college financial aid! I don't k ...